Does anybody have a recommendation of a source to determine gold and silver content for US commemoratives? Thanks
Commemoratives generally kept to the dimensions and composition of the regular issue coins of the same denomination... for example the newest $5 gold commemorative has the same dimensions and composition of a traditional half eagle. So 90% silver half dollars (all of them up to 1954, plus the 1982 George Washington and 1993 Bill of Rights): .36169 ounces silver Silver dollars: .7734 ounces silver $5 gold: .24187 ounces gold $10 gold: .48735 ounces gold Gold dollars: .04837 ounces gold That covers all the gold or silver containing commemoratives, except for the two different 1915 Panama-Pacific Expedition $50 gold pieces and the 2000 Library of Congress $10 gold/platinum piece... sure you can find their metal content somewhere, but both are worth significantly more than melt anyway, lol...
